SL Math

Formula Booklets

     Hello everyone!

     I hope you all are having a great break and spending it well and surrounded by your friends and family.

     Math has never been simple for me, but the way SL math is organized and taught, it's pretty straightforward. It is what it is. We learn what we learn and then take tests on the skills. Since SL math is a 2 year course, it is highly important that we learn well and remember everything we are taught. Therefore, in order for us to make sure we're understanding everything, we take a daily quiz on the lesson that was previously studied. At the end of each chapter, we take a chapter test. Seeing our mistakes allows us to know what we need to work on. Since math is made up of a lot of memorizing and new skills, we are given a formula booklet. This is also known as your math bible! It's a small little booklet filled with all the formulas your need to know for the final exam. As you can imagine, it is highly important to not lose it and to actually know how to use all the formulas. It's one thing knowing what they are and another knowing how to use them. This booklet will not help you if you don't know how to use the formulas. This is the tricky part. The formulas included in the booklet are the ones you might not remember. Therefore, not all of them are on there. The good news is that we can write whatever formula we need in our bible. You might wonder "what's the catch"?! Well the catch is that even though we are allowed to write in our booklet on the day of the exam we are given a new and clear bible. Yes I know, this is very sad. This teaches us that even though we have a formula booklet we kinda still have to actually know them. I wish everyone the best of luck in math and DP. We can get through this!

- Melissa S.